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<p>Josh Linkner personifies creative thinking, entrepreneurship, and disruptive innovation. He founded, built, and sold five tech companies at a combined value of $200+ million. He shares his inventive, actionable ideas with audiences and is one of the top innovation speakers around the globe. </p><p>Linkner’s keynote presentations leave a powerful, lasting impact.

<p>Seth Mattison is an Internationally renowned expert, author and futurist. As founder and CEO of Luminate Labs, Seth advises many of the world’s leading brand and organizations on the key shifts happening now around talent management, “The Great Resignation,” leadership, and the future of work.

<p>Bob Cusack joined the <em>Washington Examiner</em> in December of 2025 as executive editor.</p><p> In his new position, Cusack oversees the day-to-day operations of the editorial department, working with editors and reporters to track policymaking in Washington, DC as well as politics on the presidential and congressional campaign trail. </p><p>For over a decade—and after a renowned and award-winning editorial career covering policy and politics—Cusack expertly led <em>The Hill,</em> the widely esteemed newspaper readers turn to for t

Over the past three plus decades, Chris Berman has become one of America’s most respected, popular, and beloved sportscasters of his era. A legend in the industry, Berman has also been recognized by the Pro Football Hall of Fame, his peers and countless other organizations for his exceptional contributions to sports broadcasting. With his trademark combination of genuine enthusiasm, knowledge and wit, he has come to embody ESPN in its dedication to entertaining and informing sports fans across the country.

<p>Phil Simms, the Super Bowl XXI MVP and a 15-year NFL veteran, is the lead analyst for CBS Sports, appearing alongside Jim Nantz as the network's premiere NFL announcer team.</p><p>A former All-Pro quarterback, Simms led the New York Giants to two Super Bowl titles, while racking up stunning personal achievements. The Giants' first draft pick in 1979, his career surpassed expectations, and is one of the most legendary in NFL history.

<p>A studio analyst for CBS Sports' <i>The NFL Today</i>, Boomer Esiason is one of the most respected former NFL greats-turned commentators working today.</p>

<p>Best known as a quarterback of the Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets, and Arizona Cardinals, Boomer Esiason is one of the most successful QBs of his generation. In 1986, he earned his first Pro Bowl berth as the leader of the Bengals and their top offense. In 1988, he was named the NFL MVP.</p>

<p>Based on original research on today’s category-leading companies, Ryan Estis helps you lead through change, unleash your full potential, and enhance business performance, in the new economy. </p>

<p>Michelle Alexander’s acclaimed best-seller,<i> The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness</i> released a special 10th anniversary edition in January 2020.

<p>Dynamic and highly sought-after, leadership expert Tom Flick has delivered over 3,000 presentations to a "who's-who" list of clients that includes Microsoft, Starbucks, Google, Boeing, American Express, Amazon, NASA, MercedesBenz and the Pentagon. Mr. Flick addresses more than 100,000 men and women each year and has garnered a reputation around the world as an authority on leadership, helping organizations develop leaders, lead effective change and accelerate personal, team and organizational performance.</p>

<p>Ian Bremmer is a political scientist who helps business leaders, policymakers, and the general public make sense of the world around them. </p><p>He is the president and founder of Eurasia Group, the leading geopolitical risk advisory firm, and GZERO Media, a digital media company providing intelligent and engaging coverage of international affairs.